One-Car Crash Fatal to Youth From Brodhead
A Brodhead youth Torles H Tolley died in a one car crash on a Winnebago County road near South Beloit. The incident occurred about 3 30 yesterday morning as deputies said Tolley was traveling at high speed and lost control. Coroner termed the death accidental.
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Winnebago County
Freeport
Green County
Robert Zimmerman
Gary
Here
Dennis R. Thoman
Route 2
Monticello
Brodhead
Zimmerman
Tucker Road
New Glarus
Richard Wagner
Demeter Drive
Otto Dreibelbis
Samuel
Louella) Kloepping
Pearl City
Ill
Robert
Ruth) Vitz
Santa Clara
Calif
Kenneth
Kathryn) Loewe
Milwaukee
William Dreibelbis
General Casualty Insurance Company
Gary Lee
Robert Zimmerman Sr
Utility Storm Wrecks Monroe Area Power Lines
A violent wind and rainstorm lashed southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois causing major utility outages in Monroe. Crews from United Telephone Co and Wisconsin Power and Light repaired limbs and downed lines after a walnut tree fell on 11th Street. Affected residents included Kenneth C. Allen and Wendell Brunkow’s damaged airplane, with further damage reported to crops and trees across the region. Tornadoes and three-state winds kept utility crews busy as more storms approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Wisconsin
Illinois
United Telephone Co
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
11Th St
24Th Ave
Herman Spani
10Th St
21St Ave
Kenneth C. Allen
Voag
Allen
Wendell Brunkow
Monroe Municipal
Freda M. Bray
Sugar River
Albany
Jane Smith
Evansville
Becaus
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Ill
la Crosse
Bureau
L. J. Paulson
Paulson
Col Blum Injured Again in Viet Battle
Lance Corporal Roger W. Blum USMC age 18 son of Mr and Mrs Willis Blum 1409 29th Ave wounded for the third time since arriving in Viet Nam in February. He suffered fragmentation wounds to his right hip shoulder elbow and both legs from a mine. He was treated at the 3rd medical battalion and evacuated by air to Yokosuka Japan for further care. He was awarded the Purple Heart last month and sent a note saying he is proud to be doing something worthwhile.
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Roger W. Blum
USMC
Willis Blum
29Th Ave
Viet Nam
Blums
Blum
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps
U.S. Naval Hospital
Yokosuka
Japan
Gordon Roseleip
Lance Corporal
Apo San Francisco
County Holstein Show Tops Honors for Monroe Families
Monroe and Green County families dominated the Holstein show at the county fair, drawing 125 exhibitors from Green, Rock and Dane counties. Herbert Huffman and James Huffman along with John Ruff and Robert Ruff led the triumphs, claiming grand and senior titles with Clydell Jo Jo Fanny and Rufi Homestead P. P. King among others. The event featured the largest junior heifer entries to date, judged by Ray Brubacher with cochairmen Donald Timm and Herbert Huffman.
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Green
Fairgrounds
Monroe
Rock
Dane
Herbert Huffman
James
John Ruff
Robert
Huffmans
Evansville
Clydell Jo Jo
Fanny
Rufis
Rufi Homestead P. P. King
Tri County
Rufi
Monroe High School
Future Farmers of America
James and
John Salesman
Argyle
William Deininger
Russell Ridge Jr
Green County
Huffman
Ruff
Dan Wyss
Kenneth Allen
Robert Zimmerman
United States
Kathy Zimmerli
Brodhead
Forrest Ludwig
Tom Schill
Ken
Nathan Hartwig
John Rufi
Stan Keehn
Brooklyn
John W. Rufi
Mike
Bill Deininger
Herb Huffman
Russell Block
Sandy Soddy
Carl
Ken Wyss
Daniel Wyss
Laverne Nall
Browntown
Beth Timm
John W. Ruff
Stephan Digman
Carl and
Dennis Miller
Herb
Man Injured While Diving at Yellowstone Lake Dam
Beloit man Tom Ambler, 28, was admitted to St. Clare Hospital at 2 p.m. with a dislocated neck after diving from the Yellowstone Lake dam. He was reported in good condition this morning. Clarence Benkert, game manager, said Ambler dove from the lake side while swimming with friends. He noted hazardous swimming near the dam and plans for a 100 by 300 foot concrete and sand swimming area to be built next season, pending committee approval and Conservation Department consent.
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Tom Ambler
Beloit
St. Clare Hospital
Yellowstone Lake
Ambler
Clarence Benkett
Benkert
Conservation Department
Madison Cheese Market Steady Demand Fair to Good
Madison Wisconsin cheddar cheese market shows steady activity with demand fair to good and ample supplies. Prices list cheddars at 45 47 percent, pound blocks 45 47 percent, and longhorns single daisies at 48 49 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Hole In One? Jimmy’s Drive Presses On
Daily Doggerel by Clair R Munns jokes about a golfer named Jimmy who drives well yet struggles with narrowly missing on Sunday. The verse playfully notes his need for practice and the challenge of avoiding the weeds.
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Clair R. Munns
Jimmy
Tragic Drowning Claims Two Schroeder Brothers
Two Dodgeville men Lavern E. Schroeder 50 and Frederick Gerald Schroeder 48 drowned near Spring Green while trying to rescue the teenage daughter of Lavern’s family outing on the Wisconsin River. An unidentified boy saved the girl and performed resuscitation as the brothers’ bodies were recovered. The families, military and civilian relatives mourn. funeral arrangements for Lavern are pending.
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Dodgeville
Lavern E. Schroeder
Judy Schroeder
Madison
Frederick Gerald Schroeder
Fr. Atkinson
Freida Schroeder
Wisconsin River
Spring Green
Laverne E. Schroeder
Clara Duncan
Evan Fabish
Broadview
Ill
Judy
Linda
Frederick
U.S. Navy
Viet Nam
Milton
Milwaukee
Ellery
Robert
U.S. Air Force
Bermuda
Larry
Carol) Edenfield
Norfolk
Lulloff
Schroeder
Vigertone Co
Fred
Frieda Heibel Schroeder
Dodgeville High School
United States Air Force
Anna Marie Imming
Watertown
Superior
Okinawa
Waukesha
Ft. Atkinson
Citgo Oil Co
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Dad's Club
American Legion
John
James
Patricia
Christine
Alfonsi to Seek Re election While Fighting Bribery Conviction
Minocqua Wisconsin Assembly Minority Leader Paul Alfonsi says he will run for re election and file nomination papers despite a bribery conviction that could bar him from holding public office if upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minocqua
Wis
Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
Alfonsi
Evening of Singing boosts Monroe pool drive at Folk Fest
Jim Beer and Ron Eckstam of the Young Republicans presented a check to Monroe School officials during Folk Fest intermission to support plans for a new Monroe High School swimming pool. The program featured The Sojourners with Steve Grundahl Jerry Kubly and Fred Schuetze, plus guest Corky Trembling and soloist Mark Sullivan.
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Dina Speich
Monroe High School
Jim Beer
Ron Eckstam
Young Republican’s Club
Walter Babulaargi
L. J. Schroeder
Board of Education
The
Sojourners
Monroe
Steve Grundahl
Jerry Kubly
Fred Schuetze
Grundahl
Fiddie
Schuetze
Kubly
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Sheriff's Deputies
Col. Blum
Ollie Fink
Evening Times
Royal S. Hayes Funeral Home
St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph’s Catholic
Joseph Picked
Chicago
Lake Arbutus
Clark County
Robin Anne Dammier
Bear Creek
11Th Street
Times
Warren
Corky
Trembling
Whitewater
Winkin
Blinkin
Nod
Johnnie
Hiroshima
Kum
Mark Sullivan
Greg
Sullivan
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